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BackDeputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Bekir Bozdağ, Announced the Response Rate of the 28th Legislative Term Questions
Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Bekir Bozdağ, Announced the Response Rate of the 28th Legislative Term Questions
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Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Bekir Bozdağ, Announced the Response Rate of the 28th Legislative Term Questions

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  • Deputy Speaker of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, Bekir Bozdağ, gave information about the response status of the parliamentary questions of the 28th legislative period.
  • Of the total 47 thousand 134 motions, 13 thousand 950 were left unanswered.
  • The most unresponsive ministry was the Ministry of Justice.

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The response to parliamentary questions received from MPs during the 28th legislative term was evaluated. Similar reports were published in previous periods.

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Responding to the parliamentary question of DEM Party Izmir Deputy İbrahim Akın, Deputy Speaker of the Turkish Grand National Assembly Bekir Bozdağ shared the latest situation in the 28th legislative period parliamentary questions as of August 11. According to the response, 13 thousand 950 of the total 47 thousand 134 motions were declared unanswered. During this period, only 6 thousand 13 proposals were answered within the deadline. Responses to 26 thousand 251 proposals were received after the deadline.

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IS IN THE FIRST PLACE

The ministry that did not respond to the most motions was the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry left 2 thousand 482 proposals unanswered. The Ministry of Health did not respond to 2 thousand 383 proposals. The Ministry of Internal Affairs ranked third. This ministry did not respond to 2 thousand 204 proposals.

The ministry to which MPs addressed the most parliamentary questions was the Ministry of Justice with 6,634 parliamentary questions. The second ministry to which MPs address the most parliamentary questions is the Ministry of Internal Affairs with 5,908 parliamentary questions. The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change came in third place with 4 thousand 853 proposals. The number of parliamentary questions that the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change did not answer was 1,862.

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENCY

In the response, it was stated that in this legislative period, as in the previous legislative periods, the presidency wrote letters to the Vice President and the ministries on 05.12.2023, 28.06.2024, 05.12.2024, 24.06.2025, 05.12.2025 and 18.06.2026, showing the status of answering the written questions. In these letters, it was requested that written questions be answered within the deadline and that the answers be prepared in an adequate and satisfactory manner that fully meets the questions and be in line with the dignity of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.

Open Questions

  • What are the subjects of the unanswered motions?
  • Will the reasons for the ministries' response delays be disclosed?
  • How is the content of the motions answered within the period evaluated?

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This article was originally published by Cumhuriyet.

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